Tucson Weekly: Art (June 15

ART
Opening This Week
ARTE SPAZIO GALLERY. 5101 N. Oracle Road. 888-8788. Opening with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 17, and continuing through July 15: Sylvia Garland: Works on Paper, a self-defined style of "botanical expressionism." Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday.
DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Opening June 20 and continuing through July 15: 15th Biennial Invitational Exhibition. There is a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday during Artwalk, and 7 to 9 p.m. during Downtown Saturday Night. A donation is suggested.
TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Continuing through July 23: Saguaro: Popular Image and Cultural Icon. Dr. Frank Crosswhite, a botanist at Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, discusses the saguaro harvest and crop cycle of the Tohono O' odham at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 20. Admission is $4, $2 for members. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Continuing
ARIZONA GALLERY. UA Memorial Student Union. 621-6142. Continuing through August 5: Prodigal Son. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM. UA campus, University Boulevard east of Park Avenue. 621-6302. Continuing through August 14: Shamanism, Magic and the Busy Spider, a sculptural display by the Abenaki husband-and-wife team of Gerard Rancourt Tsonakwa and Yalaikia Sciolé. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
AUSI GALLERY. 6060 N. Oracle Road. Continuing through August 5: State of the Art--Art of the State, featuring 23 emerging contemporary glass artists. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
GALLERY AT CIVANO. 10501 E. Seven Generations Way. 731-9166. Continuing through June 30: Victoria Tchetchet: Works from Her Collection, an exhibit of oils on canvas. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
GALLERY FOUR TEN. 410 E. Ft. Lowell Road. 740-1947. Continuing through July 1: A Floating Group Show. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
GOCAIA. 302 E. Congress St. 623-4588. Continuing through July 22: Native Visions, featuring artists Barbara Ornales, Joe Baker, Melanie Yazzie, Kay Walkingstick, Buffy Saint-Marie, Harrison Preston, Jackie Stevens, Wendy Weston, Pahponee, Yolanda Hart-Stevens, Terrol Dew Johnson, Faith Ramon, Rick Manuel, Griselda Saufkie, Lisa Telford, Dorthea Sunn, Theresa Hoffman, Brent Learned and Sadie Marks. Gallery hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
HAZMAT GALLERY. 191 E. Toole Ave. 624-5019. Continuing through July 7: Mimesis 6, the University of Arizona's annual printmakers' exhibit. Gallery hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and by appointment.
IT'S A BLAST GALLERY. 2631 E. Broadway Blvd. 327-7879. Ongoing: serigraphs by Marilyse Goulet; handmade paper by Betsy Farmer; contemporary sterling silver jewelry by Tracey Hale; industrial/deco metal furnishings by Damion Velasquez; and functional porcelain bowls and stoneware by Matthew Payton. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
JOSEPH GROSS GALLERY. UA campus, southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 626-4215. Continuing through August 10: Earth Paintings, recent work by German artist Ulrike Arnold. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
LIONEL ROMBACH GALLERY. UA campus, southeast corner of Park Avenue and Speedway Boulevard. 621-4215. Continuing through August 10: living-arrangement paintings, sculpture and mixed media by Peggy Hanson, Angie Piehl and Mark Cowardin. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
NEW DIMENSIONS GALLERY. 3067 N. Campbell Ave. Continuing through July 30: Summer Dimentia, featuring copper art by Kathleen Matsinger; Earth mother clay works by Tim and Pam Ballingham; earthenware by Janet Haefner; pottery by Andy Iventosh; acrylics by Kathleen Stoll; pastels by Jet Shepard; silks and acrylics by Judy Bateman; oils by Guadelupe de la Torre; and watercolors by Armando Mantano. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
OBSIDIAN GALLERY. 4340 N. Campbell Ave. 577-3598. Continuing through June 24: Style and Structure, lamps by David d'Imperio and Toni Sodersten; metal sculpture and furniture by Boris Bally, Jula Benites Arriola, Jon Hubbard, Michael McClatchey, Daniel Lehman and Daniel Ptasnik; mixed media/mosaic sculpture and furniture by Jim Rusk and Karl Vidstrand; wood/mixed media furniture by Ed Fickbohm, Jim Breining, Tim Mossman and Hank Tusinski; wood sculpture by Michael Bauermeister; clay furniture by Joy Fox; and clay vessels by Toni Sodersten, Peter Chartrand and Joseph Teller. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
OUROBOROS STONE ART GALLERY. 101 W. Sixth St. 622-3699. www.ouroborosgallery.com. Continuing: sculptural stone art by Ed Davenport. Gallery hours are by appointment only.
PHILABAUM GLASS GALLERY. 711 S. Sixth Ave. 884-7404. Continuing through August 26: Imagery, representations of the human form in glass using flame-working, constructions, casting, fusing and reverse painting. Artists on display are Shane Fero, Stephen Hofberger, Fred diFrenzi Maurer, Janet Miller, Karen Naylor and Vincent Leon Olmsted. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
PRIMITIVE ARTS GALLERY. 3026 E. Broadway Blvd. 326-4852. Ongoing: Late Classic Mayan Pottery, examples of polychrome, carved and incised ware. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment.
ROTUNDA GALLERY. UA Memorial Student Union. 621-6142. Continuing through August 10: Multiplicities, recent graphics by UA Art Department printmakers Maria Lee, Lora Alaniz and Tracy Featherstone. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
SAGUARO ARTISANS GALLERY. 215 N. Court Ave. Continuing through June 29: handpainted glassware by Gail Kushner; and Southwestern sandstone coasters and clocks by Steve Swan. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 792-3466 for information.
SHANE HOUSE GALLERY. 218 S. Fourth Ave. 629-0994. Continuing through June 25: Placebo, a docuperformance installation by Khole Crawford. Open during Downtown Saturday Night and by appointment.
STILLWELL-TWIGGS HOUSE. 134 S. Fifth Ave. 623-6060. Continuing: new work by Chandra Lear. Gallery hours are by appointment.
STUDIO 113. 113 E. Broadway Blvd. 623-5167. Ongoing: this working studio gallery features sculpture, drawings and paintings by Susan Kay Johnson-Hanon. Call for an appointment, or knock between 12:30 and 10:30 p.m. daily. Also open during Downtown Saturday Nights. Call 623-5167 for information.
STUDIO 220. 220 E. Congress St. 628-1433. Ongoing: work by Don Swenson, William Skiles, Lisa Krikawas, Jerry Flanary and Lisa Stotska. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Also open Downtown Saturday Nights.
T/PAC COMMUNITY GALLERY. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Continuing through July 10: Thirteen Varieties, work by 13 artists Dott Beeson, Roger Ermili, Ann Gillingham, Carole Green, Bob Hessemer, Alyce Jones, Marvin Metzger, Don Mosbarger, Ann Nicoll, Ann Over, Betty Plank, Marge Schuler and Betty Udell. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
TUCSON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. 200 S. Sixth Ave. 792-9985. Ongoing: Middle School Mix, a collection of two- and three-dimensional art from seven of Tucson's middle schools. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
UA MUSEUM OF ART. UA campus. Southeast corner of Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue. 621-7567. Continuing through July 23: The Tsagaris/Hilberry Collection: A Sustaining Passion, a display of 52 contemporary works. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
WATERCOLOR GALLERY. 110 E. Sixth St. 622-1056. Continuing through July 15: Plein Air Watercolor Show. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Last Chance
DINNERWARE CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. Continuing through June 17: Michael Chittock: Beyond Eden, new paintings; iron works by David Flynn; and new paintings by Gary Swimmer. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday during Artwalk, and 7 to 9 p.m. during Downtown Saturday Night. A donation is suggested.
PHANTOM GALLERY. Phantom Gallery displays work by local artists in several locations. Continuing through June 15, in cooperation with the Tucson Arts District Partnership: installation of oil and mixed media on canvas, by Susannah Castro, at La Placita, 110 S. Church Ave, No. 5132. Call 624-9977 for other Phantom Gallery information.
SALON Q. Café Quebec. 121 E. Broadway Blvd. Continuing through June 17: mixed media by Lori Lieber, and new surrealist paintings from Romania by Adrian Paiu. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. For information, call 325-9066.
TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART. 140 N. Main Ave. 624-2333. Continuing through June 18: Affinities of Form: Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, from the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection. Also on display: Fifty for Fifty: Photographs by José Galvez, an exhibit by the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
TUCSON PUPPET WORKS. 111 E. Congress St. 770-1533. Continuing through June 21: Dress Code, featuring works by Kelly Morris, Lillie Strout, Henry Muttongon and Ju Ju Bee Rouser. Gallery hours are 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and during Downtown Saturday Nights.
Out Of Town
THE BACK ROOM GALLERY. 74 Main St., Bisbee. 1-520-432-7019. Ongoing: The Hatha Yoga Series, photography by Larry Elkins.
OTERO STREET GALLERY. 5 Camino Otero, Tubac. 1-520-398-8014. Continuing through September 23: Summer Heat, Cool Art, a gallery artist collection of watercolors, oil paintings, prints, sculptures, collages, drawings and handbound art books. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Announcements
ART WORKSHOP. Pink Adobe Gallery. 6538 E. Tanque Verde Road. The gallery offers three workshops this week. Join in a furniture painting workshop from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, June 19; learn handpainted photography from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 21; or take part in a two-session pottery class from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 22, and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. June 29. Call 298-5995 to register.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The Tucson/Pima Arts Council seeks artist submissions for five Pima County Transportation projects. Proposals are due June 26 at T/PAC, 240 N. Stone Ave. Call Mark Flickinger at 624-0595, ext. 16, for information and application instructions.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The new contemporary art gallery Industry is seeking emerging, established, local and national artists for exhibitions. Displays are scheduled for monthly intervals beginning in September. Artists in any media may submit three to five slides or photos with a bio, résumé and SASE to: Industry, c/o 2225 E. Water St., Tucson, AZ, 85719. For information, call 792-2620. Deadline is June 15.
CALL TO ARTISTS. The International Arts Center is accepting submissions for spring and summer shows. The Center is also looking for two-dimensional works depicting Tucson scenes and landmarks. Send an artist statement, at least six slides, résumé and a proposal or intention of exhibit with SASE to: International Arts Center, Attention Paul Schock or Sandra Raymond, 516 N. Fifth Ave., Tucson, 85705. Call 903-0919 for information.
CALL TO ARTISTS. Framed to Perfection is accepting submissions of original work on paper or canvas. Artists may submit three to five slides or prints with a bio and SASE to: Tom Fetter, c/o The Poster Warehouse, 3601 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85716. No phone calls please.
ON-LINE GALLERIES. Tucson Pima Arts Council. 240 N. Stone Ave. 624-0595. Wanda Poindexter and Tracy Skinner of TPAC and Michael Ash of Blue Guru discuss the benefits of gallery and artist websites including Internet art sales from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15. Admission is $10 and covers materials. Reservations are required.
THIRD SATURDAY CRAFT MARKET. Enjoy the creations of local craft artists, including pottery, photography, watercolor, fabric and more, while shopping to the sounds of the '60s, '70s and '80s provided by Legacy. The market gets underway at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the Ronstadt Transit Center, Sixth Avenue and Congress St. Call 624-9977 for information.